Last season

[Will and Grace Fanatic]

What did it rank it the ratings. I've heard for previous people on this site it did horrilbe in the ratings. and nearly got cancelled by ABC.
But then I went to nickatnite.com and they said "Roseanne" was in the top 20 it's whole run which would include the last season. So who is right?

[Brent88]

The ratings plummeted in the 9th season. The 3rd through 8th season was it's high. N@N is not right.

[Will and Grace Fanatic]

But where is your proof? Do any of you know of a site where it tells of ratings from the past? So I can see for myself.

[Dean Winchester]

Originally posted by Will and Grace Fanatic
But where is your proof? Do any of you know of a site where it tells of ratings from the past? So I can see for myself.

TV To Me lists it, even tho the first 2 seasons it was actually tied at #1 with Cosby, but TVToMe gave it #2 instead.

The first 5 seasons the show was in the top 3 (and only #3 in the third season, back to #2 in the fourth and fifth seasons). Season 6 was when it dipped a little, dropping to #4. Then it kinda freefell in later seasons, season 7 was #8 or #10 I think, and it was in the teens in the 8th season, and in the 30's the last year.

The final episode finished at #15 in the ratings that week more people cared about the freaking Mad About You baby (Jamie gave birth the same night and time as the final Roseanne aired)

[Mr. Television]

I got the ratings out of The Complete Directory To Primetime Network And Cable Tv Shows book and it was not ranked in the top 30 for the last season. I don't know of a website though. Sorry.

[Dean Winchester]

Originally posted by mr roper
I got the ratings out of The Complete Directory To Primetime Network And Cable Tv Shows book and it was not ranked in the top 30 for the last season. I don't know of a website though. Sorry.

I tried Google once, you can find old 96-97 Nielsons, it was awhile since I saw it, but Roseanne was something like #33 for the season

[Brent88]

well I found the ratings from 1990 to 1996:

1990-91
RANK
TITLE NETWORK

1
Cheers NBC

2
60 Minutes CBS

3
Rosanne ABC

4
A Different World NBC

5
The Cosby Show NBC

6
NFL Monday Night Football ABC

7
America's Funniest Home Videos ABC

8
Murphy Brown CBS

9
America's Funniest People (tie) ABC

9
Designing Women (tie) CBS

9
Empty Nest (tie) NBC

12
Golden Girls NBC

13
Murder, She Wrote CBS

14
Unsolved Mysteries NBC

15
Full House ABC

16
Family Matters ABC

17
Coach (tie) ABC

17
Matlock (tie) NBC

19
In the Heat of the Night NBC

20
Major Dad CBS





1991-92
RANK
TITLE NETWORK

1
60 Minutes CBS

2
Rosanne ABC

3
Murphy Brown CBS

4
Cheers NBC

5
Home Improvement ABC

6
Designing Women CBS

7
Coach ABC

8
Full House ABC

9
Murder, She Wrote (tie) CBS

9
Unsolved Mysteries (tie) NBC

11
Major Dad (tie) CBS

11
NFL Monday Night Football (tie) ABC

13
Room For Two ABC

14
The CBS Sunday Night Movie CBS

15
Evening Shade CBS

16
Northern Exposure CBS

17
A Different World NBC

18
The Cosby Show NBC

19
Wings NBC

20
America's Funniest Home Videos (tie) ABC

20
Fresh Prince of Bel Air (tie) NBC





1992-93
RANK
TITLE NETWORK

1
60 Minutes CBS

2
Rosanne ABC

3
Home Improvement ABC

4
Murphy Brown CBS

5
Murder, She Wrote CBS

6
Coach ABC

7
NFL Monday Night Football ABC

8
The CBS Sunday Night Movie (tie) CBS

8
Cheers (tie) NBC

10
Full House ABC

11
Northern Exposure CBS

12
Rescue 911 CBS

13
20/20 ABC

14
The CBS Tuesday Night Movie (tie) CBS

14
Love & War (tie) CBS

16
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (tie) NBC

16
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (tie) ABC

16
The Jackie Thomas Show (tie) ABC

19
Evening Shade CBS

20
Hearts Afire (tie) CBS

20
Unsolved Mysteries NBC






1993-94
RANK
TITLE NETWORK

1
Home Improvement ABC

2
60 Minutes CBS

3
Seinfeld NBC

4
Rosanne ABC

5
Grace Under Fire ABC

6
These Friends of Mine ABC

7
Frasier NBC

8
Coach (tie) ABC

8
NFL Monday Night Football (tie) ABC

10
Murder, She Wrote CBS

11
Murphy Brown CBS

12
Thunder Alley ABC

13
The CBS Sunday Night Movie CBS

14
20/20 ABC

15
Love & War CBS

16
Primetime Live (tie) ABC

16
Wings (tie) NBC

18
NYPD Blue ABC

19
Homicide: Life on the Street NBC

20
Northern Exposure CBS





1994-95
RANK
TITLE NETWORK

1
Seinfeld NBC

2
ER NBC

3
Home Improvement ABC

4
Grace Under Fire ABC

5
NFL Monday Night Football ABC

6
60 Minutes CBS

7
NYPD Blue ABC

8
Friends NBC

9
Rosanne (tie) ABC

9
Murder, She Wrote (tie) CBS

11
Mad About You NBC

12
Madman of the People NBC

13
Ellen ABC

14
Hope & Gloria NBC

15
Frasier NBC

16
Murphy Brown CBS

17
20/20 ABC

18
CBS Sunday Movie CBS

19
NBC Monday Night Movies NBC

20
Dave's World CBS





1995-96
RANK
TITLE NETWORK

1
ER NBC

2
Seinfeld NBC

3
Friends NBC

4
Caroline in the City NBC

5
NFL Monday Night Football ABC

6
The Single Guy NBC

7
Home Improvement ABC

8
Boston Common NBC

9
60 Minutes CBS

10
NYPD Blue ABC

11
Frasier (tie) NBC

12
20/20 (tie) ABC

13
Grace Under Fire ABC

14
Coach (tie) ABC

14
NBC Monday Night Movies (tie) NBC

16
Rosanne ABC

17
The Nanny CBS

18
Murphy Brown (tie) CBS

18
Primetime Live (tie) ABC

18
Walker, Texas Ranger (tie) CBS


I was actually looking for another show's ratings and found it too...

[Will and Grace Fanatic]

Thanks guys. Was that site tvtome.com because I couldn't find the ratings there?

So from what I understand you all say that in the last season "Roseanne" was in the 30's. That actually isn't all that bad. It isn't great for a show that was in the top 5 alot of it's run but lots of shows stay on for year in the 30's. So the show probably averaged around 11 or 10 million viewers it's last season.

[Brent88]

No, I found it at this site: http://www.entertainmentscene.com/top_tv_shows_90s.html

[JulieSomoski]

I read that it was 2 in the first season, 1 in the second season, 2 in the third season, 2 in the fourth season, 3 in the fifth season, 4 in the sixth season, 9 in the seventh season, 15 in the eighth season, and 35 in the last season. throughought its run it was averaged at an altogether rank of 8, making it the 17th show of all time. I read that from the nielson sitcom ratings.